Wardrobe-bedstead



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N. G. AUGIER.

WARDROBE BEDSTEADQ No. 394,806. Patented Dec. 18, 1888.

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WARDROBE BEDSTBAD.

No. 394,806. Patented Dec. 18, 1888.

Nrrnn STATES PATENT Prion.

NElVELL G. A'UGIER, OF STUART, NEBRASKA.

WARDROBE-BEDSTEAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 394,806, dated December18, 1888.

Application filed March 15, 1888. Serial No. 267.202. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, NEWELL G. AUGIER, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Stuart, in the county of Holt and State of Nebraska,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in 'ardrobe-Bedsteads;and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, which will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification,and in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved foldingbedstead, showing the doors of the wardrobe closed and the door for thebookcase portion opened. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the doorsopened and the bed tilted down. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view ofthe bedstead folded up and closed. Fig. 4 is a similar view of the sameshowing the bed folded down, and Fig. 5 is a perspective detail view ofthe bracket and support.

The same numerals of reference indicate the same or corresponding partsin all the figures.

M y invention has relation to wardrobe-bedsteads or folding bedsteads;and it consists in the improved construction and combination of parts ofsuch a bedstead, as will be hereinafter more fully described andclaimed.

In the accompanying drawings, the numeral 1 indicates the top piece ofthe wardrobe-frame, 2 indicates the bottom piece, and 3 indicates theside pieces, all of which pieces may be of any desired size and style ofornamentation, and may be secured together in knockdown fashion orpermanei'itly. The frame has its front closed by means of four doors, l,5, (5, and 7, the upper pair, 4 and 5, of which are larger than thelower pair, (5 and T, and one, 5, of the upper doors is provided with aninwardly-extending case, 8, having shelves 9, and an outwardly-openingdoor, 10, covering its open front, which case may serve as a book-caseor for any similar purpose. The two lower doors are provided withsimilar rearwardly-extending cases, 11 and 12, and these cases maycontain either drawers 13 or shelves 1%, or both, as shown in thedrawings, so as to serve as a bureau and a washstand.

The bed-frame 15 is hinged with the forward or lower edge of its headpiece, 16, to

the bottom piece of the wardrobe or to a false bottom, 17, secureddetachably to the bottom, and the foot-board 18 of this frame is pro-Vided with a dowmvardly-extending portion, 1.), which may either be inone piece with the foot-board or hinged to the same, as shown in thedrawings, and which serves as afoot or support for that end of the bed.

A red, 20, has its upper and lower ends secured in the top and bottompieces of the ward robe-frame, serving to secure the said pieces intheir proper positions, and this red is formed with a double crank, 21,near its upper end,

upon the vertical portion of which the inner edge of a triangularbracket portion, 22, of a bracket, 23, is hinged, the said brackethaving a horizontal portion, 2%, the edges of which are at iight anglesto the plane of the inner portion. The horizontal portion of the bracketis formed with longitudinal slots 25, in which hooks 26 may be securedwith their shanks, and transverse rods 27 may be secured to thehorizontal portion and have yokes 29 hooked upon them, so that aconsiderable amount of clothes may be supported from the bracket uponthe hooks and yokes.

It will be seen that when the wardrobe-door is closed the bracket may beswung in to have its inner portion bearing against the inner side of theside piece in the double crank of the rod, and when the door is openedthe bracket may be swung out with its edge against the door, being thuseasily accessible. It follows that this bracket may be used in anyconstruction of wardrobe or closet, and the vertical rod being securedin the top and bottom pieces of the wardrobe-frame it serves to holdthese pieces secured to the side pieces, being especially useful forthis purpose when the frame is constructed as a knockdown frame.

It will be seen that the back portion of the wardrobe-frame will be ofsufficient size to hold the bed-frame and the bed-clothes in it, andthat the front portion will hold the bookcase and the clothes suspendedfrom the swingin g bracket, and at the lower end the bureau andwashstand-cases will fill up the front portion, so that all space in theframe is perfectly utilized, the device forming a compact and stillcapacious piece of furniture.

Having thus described my invention,I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent ot' the United State;'-

1. In combination with a wardrobe=tra1ne ot' the usual cmlstruction, avertical rod secured with its ends in the top and bottom pieces, drawingthem toward each other, and formed with a double crank near its upperend, and a bracket hinged with its inner end upon the vertical portionof the double crank, as shown and described.

2. In combination with a wardrobe-tramne consisting of two side piecesand a top and a bottom piece secured to the ends of the side pieces, avertical rod secured with its ends in the top and bottom pieces, drawingthem against: the ends of the side pieces, and hav .ing a double cranknear its upper end and bearing against the inner side of one side pieceof the frame, and a bracket hinged to the vertical portion of the doublecrank, as shown and described.

In combination with a wardrobe-traine of the usual construction, avertical rod bearing against one side piece and drawing the top andbottom pieces toward the ends of the side pieces, being secured with itsends in the said top and bottom pieces and having a double crank nearthe upper end projecting t t'n'ward, and a bracket having a VGltiC'fllportion hinged to the vertical portion of the double crank and having ahorizontal portion bent from the up per edge of the vertical portion andhaving its edges at right angles to the faces of the vertical portion,and having lo'i'igitudinal slots for the reception of hooks andtransverse rods for the attachment-of yokcs, as shown and described.

4. The combination of a vertical rod in one side of a wardrobe, and abracket hinged with its vertical portion to the rod and provided with ahorizontal longitudinally-slotted portion, having its edges at rightangles to the plane of the vertical portion and having hooks secured inthe slots and provided with transverse rods for the attaclnnentot yokesfor suspending clothes, as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereuntoat'tixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

NEVVELL G. AUGIER.

\Vitnesses:

R. M. JoHNsoN, A. E. RICE.

